Mid Kent (historic UK Parliament constituency)
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For the 1983–1997 constituency, see Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency).
Mid Kent was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Kent, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Quick Facts 1868–1885, Seats ...
Mid Kent | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1868–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Created from | West Kent |
Replaced by | Medway Ashford Tunbridge |
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It was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election, when the three two-member constituencies (East Kent, Mid Kent and West Kent) were replaced by several new single-member constituencies: Ashford, Dartford, Faversham, Isle of Thanet, Medway, St Augustines, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge.
A later single-member constituency called Mid Kent existed from 1983 to 1997.